here's dan lothian with his story. >> reporter: it takes a lot of people to make a president. big-time advisers, big donors and a very big rolodex bulging with volunteers, one of the youngest might well be 16-year-old alex birdie. >> i think politics is going to be my route. >> he's not your typical teenager. politics is in ms. blootd and passion is in his heart. >> one day we were driving along listen to go to political radio. we have to go in now. >> in 11th grade went all in, juggling high school classes and part-time courses at a local community college canvassing for president obama. >> we're a middle class family. when we talk to them, it's he relatable. she has a son in high school. >> training campaign volunteers old enough to be his parents. >> the first time i can see a lot of faces. i had to start screaming training over here. from a kid, no? that wouldn't be useful, would it. >> one campaign official urged him to brag about his experience so adults would trust him. 2012 was the first rodeo. he came pained for obama in 2008, working the phones as an 11-year-old. >>